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title: "Fight breaks out between Mexican senate leaders as session ends"
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# Fight breaks out between Mexican senate leaders as session ends

> MEXICO CITY, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Mexico's senate erupted into violence on Wednesday with punches, pushing and shouting after an opposition party leader grabbed the chamber's president as the session was wrapping up.

By Reuters · Published 28 August 2025, 07:21 SAST · Updated 28 August 2025, 07:22 SAST

## Key points
- In a dramatic showdown worthy of a telenovela, Alejandro "Alito" Moreno and Gerardo Fernandez Norona turned a Senate session into a brawl over armed forces, proving that in Mexican politics, even the national anthem can't drown out the sound of fists flying.
- A heated altercation erupted in Mexico's Senate between PRI leader Alejandro Moreno and ruling Morena party president Gerardo Fernandez Norona.
- The confrontation followed a contentious debate regarding foreign armed forces in Mexico, with Moreno demanding to speak.
- Video footage captured Moreno grabbing Fernandez Norona, leading to a physical scuffle that knocked over a photographer.
- Fernandez Norona plans to call an emergency session to propose the expulsion of Moreno and three other lawmakers involved in the brawl.

## Content

Alejandro "Alito" Moreno, head of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), came at senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona, of the ruling Morena party, as lawmakers were singing the national anthem to mark the end of the day's hearing.

The fight broke out after a "difficult debate" about the presence of armed forces from other countries in Mexico, Fernandez Norona later told a press conference.

In livestreamed video, Moreno could be seen coming up to Fernandez Norona, repeatedly saying, "I'm asking you to let me speak," grabbing Fernandez Norona by the arm.

"Don't touch me," Fernandez Norona responds.

Finally, the two begin to push each other, with Moreno knocking over a photographer in the process.

Another lawmaker also entered the fray, swinging at Fernandez Norona as he tried to step away.

"(Moreno) started pulling on me, touching me, pushing. He hit me and said, 'I'm going to beat the shit out of you, I'm going to kill you'," Fernandez Norona said.

Fernandez Norona said he would call an emergency session for Friday and would propose expelling Moreno and three other PRI lawmakers for the fight.

Moreno said Fernandez Norona had swung at him first.

(Reporting by Kylie Madry; Editing by Stephen Coates)